NASA

Instead of Going Straight to Mars, Astronauts Should Make a Slingshot Past Venus First

Every 26 months, the orbits of both Earth and Mars conspire to make travel between the two planets shorter. Launching…

4 years ago

15 Different Ideas for Rovers That Could Explore Venus

NASA just announced the winners of it's "Exploring Hell Challenge" with HeroX, an incentive competition designed to inspire designs for…

4 years ago

NASA Chooses 10 Projects that Will Help it Live Off the Land… on the Moon

NASA has announced that it is investing in ten small business concepts that will allow astronauts to explore the Moon…

4 years ago

NASA and HeroX are Looking to Light Up the Moon!

With a prize purse of up to $5 million, NASA and HeroX are looking for ideas on how we could…

4 years ago

NASA has a Pretty Big Checklist for Boeing to Fix on Starliner

Boeing need to fulfill a pretty long checklist in order to get the Starliner ready for flight, but safety is…

4 years ago

That’s So Metal. NASA’s Psyche Mission is Now Under Construction

In August of 2022, NASA will send a robotic spacecraft to the Main Asteroid Belt to explore a truly unique…

4 years ago

Although InSight’s Mole is Completely Buried, it Might be Stuck Again

You've gotta hand it to NASA, and to the German Aerospace Center (DLR.) They've been struggling for over a year…

4 years ago

Help NASA Develop a Better Space Toilet

HeroX is one again hosting a NASA challenge, this time to develop a space toilet that will facilitate lunar exploration.

4 years ago

A Simulation of Sunsets on Other Worlds: From Venus to Titan

A new tool from NASA Goddard allows us to witness what a sunset would look like on other bodies in…

4 years ago

NASA Changes its Mind. It Will be Using Previously Flown Crew Dragons and Falcon 9

NASA has announced that starting next year, SpaceX will be able to reuse its Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9…

4 years ago